In the wizarding world, words have great and famous power. A wizard without words is not a wizard, but simply someone with a wand who occasionally causes strange things to happen. Words are EVERYTHING to us. It is hard for Muggles to comprehend this, but, oddly enough, they are where the magic started. Without Muggle misunderstandings of magic, who knows what might have happened to our words?

In ancient times, magic was greatly valued as were those responsible for it, us. Muggles attempted to imitate us, shouting nonsense words and waving sticks in the air. They looked utterly ridiculous, which is why many wizards took to watching them for entertainment, usually pretending to be greatly interested and impressed by the Muggle. One such wizard, by the name of Avada of Gaul, used this pastime as a sort of experimental research. She would write down the babblings of the Muggle and then try them out in secret. Only a few produced any results and only one spell survives to this day. Avada Kedavra. Avada heard "abracadabra", but thought it amusing to try to incorporate her own name into the spell when "abracadabra" proved useless. The results were disastrous. Avada killed her brother on accident. All of the townspeople immediately began to attack her house. Magic was admired, but murder was not. Avada used her new spell to defend herself. She created such a wreck and killed so many that the Roman army, which occupied Gaul at the time, soon heard of the incident and swiftly imprisoned Avada. It is not known how she died, but her death was the first of many, many to come